ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark is set to return to the International Space Station for his first long-duration Station mission. With only one year left before his launch in mid-2023, a name for the mission has been chosen: Huginn.
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SpaceX's giant Starship rocket to launch communications satellite in 2024
The Japanese company Sky Perfect JSat has chosen Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2024.
Would We Have Continents Without Asteroid Impacts?
Early Earth was a wild and wooly place. In its first billion years, during a period called the Archean, our planet was still hot from its formation. Essentially, the surface was lava for millions of years. Asteroids bombarded the planet, and the place was still recovering from the impact that formed the Moon. Oceans were beginning to form as the surface solidified and water outgassed from the rock. The earliest atmosphere was actually rock vapor, followed quickly by the growth of a largely hot carbon dioxide and water vapor blanket. Earth was just starting land masses that later became continents. For decades, geologists have asked: what started continental formation?
NASA's Artemis 3 mission: Landing humans on the moon
Artemis 3 is a planned landing mission that will put humans on the surface of the moon. It is scheduled to touch down in 2025, assuming previous missions go to plan.
Spacewalk Cut Short, Cosmonaut Told to “Drop Everything” and Go Back Into the Space Station
Russian and US flight controllers decided to cut short a spacewalk by two cosmonauts outside the International Space Station yesterday after voltage fluctuations in Oleg Artemyev’s Orlan spacesuit caused concern. About halfway into a scheduled seven-hour EVA, Artemeyev was repeatedly ordered to drop what he was working on and return to ISS’s airlock.
NASA's Artemis 2 mission: Taking humans to the moon's orbit
Artemis 2 will launch a crew of astronauts to the moon's orbit in a system using the Space Launch System megarocket and Orion spacecraft.
Snoopy is 'home again' on revived NASA poster promoting Artemis I mission success
NASA's Space Flight Awareness program has a created a new Snoopy poster based on an old design.
Watch NASA unveil landing sites for Artemis 3 human return to the moon
NASA will unveil potential future landing sites for human return on the surface of the moon and you can watch the briefing on Space.com tomorrow (Aug. 19), or directly on the space agency's website.
Dusty Disk Discovered in the Twins’ Foot
A careful study of observations spanning decades has revealed that a star in Gemini is regularly eclipsed by a disk-shrouded companion.
DART asteroid mission: NASA's first planetary defense spacecraft
NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission is the first-ever space mission designed to test planetary defense technologies in asteroid deflection.
Artemis 1 Goes Back to the Launch pad, Getting Ready for its August 29th Blastoff
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft now sits on the launchpad, ready for liftoff on a journey around the Moon. This is the first time since 1972 that NASA has a human-rated spacecraft is ready to go beyond Earth orbit.
Artemis 1 will help NASA protect astronauts from deep space radiation
Three mannequins and several biological and radiation experiments will assess the radiation environment near the moon during Artemis 1.
A special Moon snap
Image: A special Moon snap
Save 18% on this Estes NASA SLS Flying Model Rocket kit
Save over $13 on a 1:200 scale model rocket that's easy-to-assemble and perfect for beginners.
Celebrate 45 years of Voyager with these amazing images of our solar system (gallery)
NASA's twin probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have been exploring the cosmos for 45 years. Here, we take a look at some of their best images.
Art for Artemis exhibition opening soon
See all 22 artworks submitted for the Art for Artemis project on display at the Waterfront in Bremen, Germany. The formal opening of the exhibition is on 22 August at 17:00 CEST with ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter and will be open to the public throughout the Artemis I mission to the Moon and back.
Artemis 1 will carry tiny Japanese lunar lander to the moon
The OMOTENASHI mission is the only secondary payload on Artemis 1 that will have a controlled landing on the surface of the moon.
Did a second killer asteroid finish the dinosaurs off? Crater in West Africa hints yes.
A 66 million-year-old impact crater has been discovered off the coast of West Africa, raising questions about just how many deadly space rocks the dinosaurs had to deal with.
Moon to pay Mars an early morning visit on Friday (Aug. 18)
On the morning of Friday (Aug. 18), the moon and Mars will both be visible in the eastern sky.
James Webb Space Telescope will seek clouds of vaporized gems on exoplanets
Astronomers are looking for clouds made of vaporized gems and metals on faraway exoplanets.
NASA 'going full force' to gear up for UFO study
NASA has already identified its top candidate panelists for the UFO study, which is expected to begin this fall and last about nine months.
